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GPT-image-2 Fully Released! After Generating Hundreds of Images, I've Compiled 13 Must-See Cases!

GPT-image-2 Fully Released! After Generating Hundreds of Images, I've Compiled 13 Must-See Cases!

I got early access to ChatGPT-image-2 about a week ago via a gradual rollout. After generating hundreds of images, I've put together this latest guide! This article collects practical use cases and prompt templates, along with some examples to spark imagination and creativity, serving as a starting point for exploration!
💡 First, the highlights of GPT-Image-2
  • Breakthrough in Chinese text rendering — can generate textbooks, newspapers, prescriptions, and calligraphy
  • A designer who understands content — just say "xx detail image/guide," and it will fill in missing information on its own
  • Supports minimal prompts — "Generate a handwritten traditional Chinese medicine prescription image" is all you need
  • Supports follow-up refinements — not satisfied? Add feedback, and it will automatically modify without starting over from scratch
The image generation capability of GPT-image-2 is powered by an agent that can understand intent, search for content, organize and combine information, plan and design styles, arrange layouts logically, and finally render the image.

🎯 Practical Cases [with Prompt Templates]#

1. Illustrated Exploded Views (Exhibition Board Level)#

Exhibition board quality from the National Museum of China, with structural breakdowns, Chinese annotations, material descriptions, pattern meanings, and color symbolism — all included. Elegant, restrained, and collectible.
This prompt is a universal template. Just replace the [Theme] with anything like Hanfu, phoenix crowns, armor, artifacts, ancient texts, weapons, etc., and it will directly generate an illustrated guide.
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2045504669401653414
Prompt template:
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Please automatically generate a "Museum Illustrated Chinese Exploded Information Graphic" based on the [Theme].

The image should feature a realistic main visual, structural breakdown, Chinese annotations, material descriptions, pattern meanings, color symbolism, and a summary of core features. You should automatically determine the most suitable main subject, clothing system, artifact structure, era style, key components, material craftsmanship, color scheme, and layout structure based on the [Theme], without requiring any additional information from the user.

The overall style should be: National Museum of China exhibition board, historical costume illustrated guide, cultural heritage thematic infographic — not a regular poster, historical costume photo, e-commerce detail page, or anime illustration. The background should use paper textures like off-white, silk paper white, or light tea color. The overall feel should be premium, restrained, professional, and collectible.

The layout is fixed as:
- Top: Chinese main title + subtitle + introductory text
- Left: Structural breakdown area, with Chinese leader lines marking key components and close-up details
- Top right: Material / Craft / Texture area, showing real texture samples with descriptions
- Middle right: Pattern / Color / Meaning area, showing the main color palette, pattern samples, and cultural explanations
- Bottom: Wearing order / composition flowchart + core feature summary

If the theme is suitable for a human figure, use a full-body standing posture of a realistic person as the central subject. If it is more suitable for an artifact or single structure, change it to a central subject exploded view. However, the overall form should remain a complete Chinese information graphic. All text must be Simplified Chinese, clear, neat, and readable. No garbled text, typos, English, or pinyin. Focus on real structure, material differences, cultural explanations, and illustrated guide characteristics.

Avoid: poster feel, studio feel, e-commerce feel, anime feel, cosplay feel, incorrect annotations, wrong structures, blurry text, fake materials, excessive decoration.
Reminder: Other images generated by users are in the comments of the original post. Feel free to check them out.

2. Ancient Text Reproductions + Calligraphy Practice Sheets#

  1. Reproducing Timeless Masterpieces
Preface to the Orchid Pavilion, Memorial to the Throne on Sending Out the Troops, Preface to the Prince of Teng's Pavilion, Record of Yueyang Tower... incredibly lifelike, with dense Chinese calligraphy across the page without any corruption!
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046201836525302032
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046201836525302032
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046201836525302032
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046201836525302032
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Prompt: Generate an image of the authentic calligraphy of [Masterpiece Name]
Reminder: For better results, add descriptions like "Wang Xizhi style / Yan Zhenqing style / infused with emotion."
  1. Advanced Version (Infused with Emotion)
AI cannot replace human art and emotion, but it is already beginning to understand the emotions within Chinese literature. The variations in brush and ink are noticeably richer.
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046240175777259752
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046240175777259752
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046240175777259752
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Prompt: Generate an image of the authentic calligraphy of [Masterpiece Name]. Please incorporate the emotional core of the work into the image generation.
  1. Calligraphy Practice Sheet Version (Different Font Styles)
Wang Xizhi style, cursive script, running script, regular script calligraphy practice sheet images.
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046510310253539764
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046510310253539764
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046510310253539764
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046510310253539764
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Prompt: Generate a calligraphy practice sheet in [Font Style]
Reminder: For better results, provide a reference image of the corresponding font style.

3. Silhouette Universe Images (Collector's Edition Narrative Posters)#

Use the silhouette of a giant figure/artifact/building's profile as the outer contour. Inside, a complete worldview, scene, symbols, and narrative naturally grow. Paper grain, edge splatter, watercolor brush strokes, atmospheric perspective... At first glance, it looks like a collector's edition movie poster or a designer's work.
I've optimized the prompt into a universal version. Just change the [Theme] to generate an image suitable for figures, artifacts, ancient texts, IPs, worldviews, or any other content.
Post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2045418028733538620
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Prompt template:
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Please automatically generate a high-aesthetic "Silhouette Universe / Collector's Edition Narrative Poster" style artwork based on [Theme: xxx]. Do not confine the image to fixed artifacts or common containers. Do not default to conventional carriers like bottles, hourglasses, glass domes, or pocket watches. Instead, let the AI autonomously determine and select the most fitting, symbolic, strongly contoured, and best-suited main silhouette carrier to host the complete narrative world. This main silhouette can be an artifact, building, door, tower, arch, dome, stairwell, corridor, statue, profile face, eye, palm, skull, wing, mask, mirror, throne, ring, crack, light curtain, shadow, geometric structure, spatial section, stage frame, abstract symbol, or any other creative and thematically representative visual contour. Ensure a reasonable layout. Prioritize contours that best amplify the theme's character, create a strong visual memory point, and best embody a sense of epicness, mystery, poetry, or design, rather than the safest, most ordinary, or most common container.

The core of the image is not simply placing a world inside an object. It is about letting the complete thematic world naturally grow within, inside, upon, at the boundaries of, or seamlessly integrated with this main silhouette, creating a sophisticated narrative effect where "the thematic universe unfolds attached to a symbolic contour." The main silhouette must be clear, elegant, recognizable, and occupy a central position in the overall composition. Inside or along the boundaries of the silhouette, a complete narrative world strongly tied to the theme must be automatically generated. The content should be rich, full, and layered, including the most representative scenes of the theme, core buildings or spatial structures, symbolic elements and metaphorical components, character relationships or traces of civilization, spatial progression from background to midground to foreground, atmospheric layers with a sense of fate and emotional tension, and narrative details like doors, stairs, bridges, water surfaces, smoke, paths, light sources, ruins, mechanical structures, natural landscapes, abstract forms, creatures, or props. All elements must be unified, natural, prioritized, and hierarchically integrated, as if a complete world is truly gestating within this contour structure, not simply collaged, cropped, stacked with assets, or placed on a templated background.

The overall composition must possess a strong collector's edition poster quality and high-level design sense. The large structure should be stable, the main contour strong and clear, and the internal world should have depth, order, and breathing room. Details should be rich but not crowded, content full but not messy. Small-scale human silhouettes, distant buildings, light beams, doorways, bridges, stairs, cloisters, reflections, skylight, or distant structures can be appropriately added to enhance the sense of scale, story, and epicness. The overall image should be quiet, grand, concise, and evocative. Avoid filling the space evenly, cheap bustling energy, and stacking without focus.

The style blends collector's edition movie poster composition, high-end narrative visual design, dreamy watercolor texture, and paper print quality. Emphasize paper grain, edge splatter, watercolor brush strokes, slight bleeding, atmospheric perspective, soft fogging, local volumetric light, light mist penetration, large areas of negative space, and restrained layout. Make the image look like a high-end collector's edition visual work completed by a designer, not a standard AI-generated image. The overall character should be premium, poetic, grand, sacred, nostalgic, quiet, and possess a legendary and narrative feel.

The AI should autonomously determine the most suitable premium color scheme based on the theme. However, it must remain unified, restrained, pleasing to the eye, low saturation, and premium. Avoid messy high saturation, cheap neon feel, and plastic digital feel. The color palette can freely vary around systems like black-gold-gray, cool blue-gray, misty white-gray, brown-red-off-white, dark copper, old paper color, deep sea blue, twilight purple, silver-gray, etc. However, it must always serve the theme and maintain poster-level aesthetics and overall harmony.

Final requirements: The first glance should have strong thematic recognition and a silhouette memory point. The second glance should reveal a complete and rich narrative world. The third glance should still offer details and lingering appeal. The contour selection must be creative and match the theme. Avoid repetitive, conservative, and common container templates. Prioritize contour forms with more symbolism, spatial sense, and design potential. Avoid ordinary background stitching, rigid cropping, templated fantasy assets, a game promotional image feel, excessive cartoonishness, excessive realism that loses artistic sense, and form over substance. If appropriate, a subtle and restrained title, number, signature, or colophon can be naturally added to make it look more like part of a collector's edition poster design, but it should not overwhelm the main subject.
One image can clearly organize knowledge about animals, plants, history, science, etc. Modular layout, illustrated guide feel, encyclopedia feel — even kids can learn a lot from them.
This prompt is a universal template. Just replace the [Theme] with giant pandas, peacocks, any animal, plant, historical figure, scientific knowledge, etc., and it will directly generate a high-quality vertical popular science encyclopedia card.
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046231542817497392
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046231542817497392
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046231542817497392
Original post link: https://x.com/MrLarus/status/2046231542817497392
Prompt template:
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Please generate a high-quality vertical "Popular Science Encyclopedia Image" based on the [Theme].

This image is not a regular poster or a simple illustration. It is a modular popular science information graphic that combines the feel of an "illustrated guide, encyclopedia, information structure, and collectible." The overall style should be a blend of high-end natural history illustrations, modern encyclopedia pages, lifestyle knowledge cards, and highly shareable social media infographics.

Please ensure the image includes:
- A clear and beautiful main visual of the theme
- Several enlarged details of local features
- Multiple rounded-corner modular information sections
- Clear title hierarchy and key tags
- Concise but rich encyclopedia content
- Visualized ratings, key point summaries, or Top 5 modules

Content sections should be automatically adapted based on the theme, prioritizing and reasonably combining from these directions:
Basic profile, classification information, appearance features, habits/ecology, formation mechanism/structural composition, growth or usage conditions, care or maintenance suggestions, risks and precautions, suitable audience or application scenarios, pros and cons comparison, quick rating card.

Visual requirements:
Light, clean background, soft color palette, light shadows, delicate small icons, rounded-corner information boxes, neat layout, high information density without being crowded, good reading experience. The overall look must be like a popular science encyclopedia card that can actually be published, read, collected, and produced in a series, not an advertisement.

Do not make it look like a standard commercial promotional poster. Highlight the characteristics of "knowledge organization + modular information + illustrated guide display."
Reminder: Other images generated by users are in the comments of the original post. Feel free to check them out.

5. E-commerce Detail Images (Designers Will Love This)#

Colors, lighting, shadows, materials, selling point layout, and scene atmosphere are all fully realized. Ready to use directly or as a reference. The images are too large to upload, so I'll insert the original post directly:
Quoted tweet E-commerce designers are thrilled! 🔥 GPT-image-2 generates e-commerce detail images, even taking over the photographer's job 😂 Previously, creating such detail images, even with templates, required a photographer and designer working together for 2-3 days. Now, it's just one sentence. Not satisfied? Another sentence for fine-tuning! 1. Fitness protein powder e-commerce detail image 2. AI smart glasses e-commerce detail image 3. Summer women's skirt e-commerce detail image 4. Fully automatic coffee machine e-commerce detail image https://t.co/Gv5Ow5WRSL https://x.com/i/web/status/2046544209117634735
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Generate an e-commerce detail image for [Product Name]

6. Fitness Information Graphics (Essential for Fitness Enthusiasts)#

Use the universal prompt, input the muscle group or exercise you want to train, and it will automatically output a complete and professional training plan: warm-up, main exercises (sets x reps + RIR + key points + common mistakes), progression paths, alternative exercises, recovery suggestions, etc. The information is substantial, the layout is clear, and you can save it directly as a training card.
Quoted tweet 🤩 Use GPT-image-2 to generate fitness training images and save on personal trainer fees! 🤜 Use the prompt, write the muscle group or exercise you want to train, and it will automatically generate a detailed training plan! The themes I generated were: chest, abs, pull-ups, and triceps pushdowns. Each had targeted breakdowns, beginner-friendly, and packed with information! Prompt: Please generate a Chinese fitness information graphic with the theme: [xxx]. The image should be both professional and practical, suitable as a training reference for ordinary adults. The default subject is a healthy adult without serious injuries. If not specified, the default training goal is "muscle building + basic strength improvement," the default training level is "between beginner and intermediate," the default training scenario is "regular gym," and the default single training session duration is controlled within 40–60 minutes. Based on the [Training Theme], it will automatically... https://x.com/i/web/status/2046560406760505727
Prompt template:
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Please generate a Chinese fitness information graphic with the theme: [xxx].

The image should be both professional and practical, suitable as a training reference for ordinary adults. The default subject is a healthy adult without serious injuries. If not specified, the default training goal is "muscle building + basic strength improvement," the default training level is "between beginner and intermediate," the default training scenario is "regular gym," and the default single training session duration is controlled within 40–60 minutes.

Based on the [Training Theme], automatically determine the output type:

1) If the [Training Theme] is a muscle group or body part (e.g., chest, lats, biceps, abs, shoulders, legs, etc.), output a "Training Plan Information Graphic for that Body Part."
2) If the [Training Theme] is a specific exercise or skill goal (e.g., pull-ups, push-ups, parallel bar dips, squats, etc.), output a "Movement Unlock / Progressive Training Plan Information Graphic."

The entire image should adopt a clear, modern, professional, and easy-to-read Chinese information graphic style. Vertical layout, visually concise, with key points highlighted. Suitable for social media sharing or as a training reference card. Do not write lengthy paragraphs. Present each module with concise short sentences. Numerical information should be prominent.

This information graphic must include the following content:
[A. Title Area] Main title + Subtitle
[B. Training Goal Area]
[C. Warm-up Area]
[D. Main Training Area] (Core part, 4–6 exercises)
[E. Progression / Unlock Logic Area]
[F. Alternative Exercise Area]
[G. Execution Reminder Area]
[H. Recovery Suggestion Area]
[I. Visual Design Requirements] Modern, fresh, professional, modular card layout

The final output should be "a complete information graphic content," not just plain paragraph text.

VII. College Entrance Exam (Gaokao) Real Exam Papers#

The layout, fonts, illustrations, and formula rendering are all extremely realistic, making it feel like a directly scanned real exam paper.
Quoted tweet Mind-blowing! GPT-image-2 directly generated the 2026 Gaokao exam papers! 🔥 Using only minimal prompts, Chinese, Math, and English exam papers were produced. The layout, fonts, and formula rendering are all unbelievably realistic. It's almost impossible to tell with the naked eye if it's AI-generated or a scanned copy 😂. Let's give this year's exam takers a set—can it predict the questions for Tsinghua and Peking University? https://t.co/ROPlG9vLMz https://x.com/i/web/status/2045529134915600868
The history exam paper includes tables and illustrations, making it quite representative:
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Generate a real exam paper image for the 2026 Gaokao [Subject Name]

VIII. Travel Guide Information#

With just one sentence, you can generate a complete, clear, and aesthetically pleasing 3-day travel guide. It includes a daily itinerary, attraction recommendations, route planning, dining tips, practical advice, etc., with a sophisticated and practical layout. Today, I generated a 3-day guide for popular May Day holiday cities, and you can easily switch between different styles (travel agency style, literary style, minimalist style, etc.).
Quoted tweet The May Day travel guide generated with GPT-image-2 is really good! Prompt: Generate a three-day travel guide for [City]. Just that one simple sentence. https://t.co/yKaQsRChep https://x.com/i/web/status/2046523494003851300
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Generate a three-day/May Day travel guide image for [City]

IX. Ancient People Time-Traveling to Modern Social Media Platforms (Meme Creation)#

GPT-image-2 lets ancient people play on Douyin (TikTok), Xiaohongshu (RED), Weibo, and WeChat Moments. The barrage comments, comment sections, 9-grid photos, live stream gifts... all the screenshot interfaces are replicated very accurately, complete with interactive memes featuring the ancient characters!
Quoted tweet GPT-image-2 generates ancient people time-traveling to modern social media platforms, and the memes are especially on point! 😂 1. Li Bai live-streaming a moonlit dance on Douyin 2. Su Shi's first day after demotion on Xiaohongshu 3. Wu Zetian posting a selfie registration on Weibo 4. Du Fu posting on WeChat Moments complaining about his roof being blown off by the wind. How much platform UI data did GPT consume! The imitation isn't just similar, it's practically identical! https://t.co/9oFwnYgT4F https://x.com/i/web/status/2046585220393324553
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Generate a screenshot of [Ancient Person's Name] on [Platform Name]
Reminder: To increase the meme's value, add context to the prompt, referring to the four examples I posted.

X. In-Game Screenshots (Creative Concepts + Realistic Quality)#

The lighting, UI, actions, and scene atmosphere are all rendered to look incredibly real. Put your imagination to use!
Quoted tweet Creative series! 🤯 I used ChatGPT-image-2 to generate GTA6 wedding mission screenshots: 1. Jason and Lucia's wedding scene surrounded by police 2. Exchanging guns instead of rings 3. Exploring the seaside in a supercar 4. Escaping on a speedboat at the end. The quality is so realistic, it looks like officially leaked gameplay footage! https://t.co/KAwksQfv6T https://x.com/i/web/status/2046109786840711246
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Generate a GTA6 [Screen Content Description] in-game screenshot

XI. Character Relationship Diagrams (Understanding Complex Relationships at a Glance)#

You can present the intricate character relationships from anime, novels, or history in a single diagram using colors, lines, and hierarchies. Core characters are highlighted, and relationship types (blood ties, master-apprentice, rivalry, alliance, etc.) are clear at a glance. It combines the clarity of an infographic with the sophisticated design of a poster.
Quoted tweet 🤯 GPT-image-2 generates character relationship diagrams you can understand at a glance! 1. Demon Slayer 2. Naruto 3. Bleach 4. Dragon Ball. If you want a different style, try starting a new session or use a short prompt like "Generate a character relationship diagram for xxxx." 🌟 Detailed Prompt: Please generate a high-design character relationship diagram poster based on [Theme]. This image should not be a simple illustration, but a character relationship diagram that combines information visualization, narrative structure, poster design aesthetics, and style fidelity. Please automatically complete the following: - Identify the work corresponding to the theme and its core setting - Extract 6–12 key representative characters, no more than 15 if necessary - Identify and display key character relationships, including blood ties, romance, friendship, alliances,... https://x.com/i/web/status/2046263153546174935
Prompt Template:
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Please generate a high-design character relationship diagram poster based on [Theme]. This image should not be a simple illustration, but a character relationship diagram that combines information visualization, narrative structure, poster design aesthetics, and style fidelity of the original work.

Please automatically complete the following:
- Identify the work corresponding to the theme and its core setting
- Extract 6–12 key representative characters, no more than 15 if necessary
- Identify and display key character relationships, including blood ties, romance, friendship, alliances, rivalry, master-apprentice, master-servant, manipulation, betrayal, secret relationships, etc.
- Automatically choose an appropriate composition method based on the work's characteristics, such as protagonist-centered, dual-core confrontation, faction-based zoning, family lineage, or temporal evolution.
- Automatically extract the style DNA of the work, including colors, world-building symbols, material textures, emotional atmosphere, typographic language, and representative elements.
- Transform these style elements into the overall visual design of the character relationship diagram, rather than simply copying an official poster.
- Use different colors, line types, and arrows to distinguish different relationships, ensuring clear lines, distinct layers, and no clutter.
- Make the core character the most prominent, important characters secondary, and minor characters subdued, forming a clear visual hierarchy.
- Ensure each character's name is clearly readable, adding identity or faction labels if necessary.

The final product should meet the following criteria:
- Allow viewers to understand character hierarchy and key relationships at a glance
- Possess a clear aura and setting feel of the original work
- Combine the clarity of an infographic with the sophisticated design of a poster
- Be visually unified, refined, complete, and suitable for social media sharing or poster display
- Avoid a cheap flowchart feel, cluttered stacking, or information overload

XII. Dense Chinese Text Layout (High Text Density)#

Full pages of text, complex layouts, and various scenarios (newspapers, menus, textbooks, traditional almanacs) can all be generated clearly and neatly with almost no garbled text. The volume of Chinese characters is maximized, making it suitable for newspapers, posters, documents, menus, textbooks, or any content with high text density.
Quoted tweet GPT-image-2's image generation is incredibly powerful! The volume of Chinese characters is maxed out. 1. Generate a campus newspaper with the theme of AI education 2. Generate a menu for a Chaoshan cuisine restaurant 3. Generate a page from a third-grade primary school Chinese textbook (PEP edition) 4. Generate a traditional almanac page for April 18, 2026. The following images were generated using only minimal prompts. https://t.co/0oVGIf878h https://x.com/i/web/status/2044824800909054181
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Generate an image of [Scenario/Content]
Reminder: This mainly tests the ability to handle large amounts of text information. You can adapt the specific scenario to your needs, including feeding your specific content to ChatGPT, such as uploading an original menu image/photo as a source of information.

XIII. Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Handwritten Prescriptions (Hard to Distinguish from Real)#

Using only a minimal prompt, it automatically renders handwriting style, paper texture, seals, and the prescription scenario. It even proactively blurs sensitive information like names and seals. This is truly "understanding the context."
Some friends commented that it's a perfect tool for creating fake prescriptions, which is indeed a valid point...
Quoted tweet Incredibly powerful! 🤯 GPT-image-2 generates traditional Chinese and Western medicine prescriptions, with handwriting that's hard to tell from the real thing! Prompt: Generate a handwritten traditional Chinese/Western medicine prescription image. A minimal prompt directly renders the image, and it even fills in the details: 1. Prescription content presented in handwriting 2. Scene, paper texture, seals, and other details 3. It even proactively blurs sensitive information like names and seals. This is GPT-image-2's true advantage over other models: you don't need to write complex prompts; it understands the context itself. https://x.com/i/web/status/2046514998965371144
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Generate a handwritten traditional Chinese/Western medicine prescription image
Reminder: If you have reference images of prescription formats, fonts, etc., you can upload them as a base image, which might yield unexpected results.
🤟 Final Thoughts
The 13 examples above are representative works I selected after experimenting with hundreds of GPT-image-2 generated images.
The progress GPT-image-2 has made in Chinese language understanding, interface replication, text rendering, and contextual imagination is truly impressive. Although we are still interacting with it through dialogue, it has essentially become Agentized behind the scenes. I found evidence of this during my image generation process and will share it later.